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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

That is funny.  Quite enterprising.  
  

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> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf 
> Of Evan Zimmerman
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Sometimes it pays to get your 
> facts straight
> 
> Aaand just a bit more from the Wall Street Journal:
> 
> "    FactCheck.com is owned by Name Administration Inc., a Cayman
> Islands company that engages in so-called "domain parking" -- it
> acquires discarded Web sites and monetizes the traffic with text
> advertising.
> 
>     The site had been showing education-related ads, mostly for
> online-degree programs, when Mr. Cheney mentioned the site during the
> debate. Suddenly, Name Administration saw a surge in traffic -- about
> 50,000 unique visitors in the first hour -- which costs the company
> money for Internet bandwidth, according to John Berryhill, Name
> Administration's attorney.
> 
>     ....So employees redirected traffic to the Soros site, not because
> of any request nor payment from Mr. Soros's organization or
> supporters, but based on their own political viewpoints, Mr. Berryhill
> said. "Individuals within the company are favorably disposed to George
> Soros's political point of view," said Mr. Berryhill.
> 
>     Name Administration said in a statement, "The staff at Name
> Administration have been through some difficult times lately, due to
> the impact of hurricane Ivan on Grand Cayman, and they were delighted
> to have been given this opportunity by Vice President Cheney." Mr.
> Berryhill said no one was available at the company to comment."
> 
> 
> lol.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:17:13 -0400, Evan Zimmerman
> <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's a lefty blog, but here's an interesting insight into the
> > factcheck.whatever debacle:
> > http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_03.php#003584
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:56:44 -0400, Thomas Beckett 
> <thomas AT tbeckett.com> wrote:
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> > > Tony Spencer wrote:
> > > | Dave you are incorrectly inferring that by posing the 
> question I was
> > > | suggesting something sinister on the part of democrats.
> > >
> > > Now it had been registered with Network Solutions, that would be
> > > sinister.  But not in a political way.
> > >
> > > TaB
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